THE SECRET. Episode 9

"You young boys of nowadays ruining the destiny of young girls." I felt more pain realising that all these words were actually coming from Mrs Jay. I paused a moment and asked myself if my aunt was the cause of the problem but I also realised that my aunt had been over protective of me since age nine. I decided to go further to explain myself to Mrs Jay but the situation grew worse as she wasn't even ready to listen to what I had to say.

With shame and annoyance that I had not been the hero Alice would have wanted me to be, I left the Hospital. I went straight to my house without realizing what clouded my thoughts. I had arrived at my gate when I noticed that the keys to my aunt's car was wrangling on my left hand. Oh God! I was clouded in thought that I left my aunt's car at the hospital and trekked home for over thirty minutes without even noticing that I went with a car. As I made a move to go out, my aunt called on me from the window. "Is this really happening?" I pretended I didn't hear her called and she called again but this time I had no choice but to answer. The problem that I faced at that time was to explain myself to her as I searched deep down my heart to see if I could find soothing words to express myself to her.

"I understand the situation of things and I just want you to be a man as you have always been all these days." At first I wasn't sure I heard well so with the same atmosphere I decided to tell her I will be going back to the hospital. Shocked that I actually left her car at the hospital, she then ask me to leave the car till the next day since it was already 6:40pm. I pleaded that she should allow me to go so I won't have anything to do with the Jays again. I was granted permission, so I left.

I arrived the hospital at about 7:30pm and first wanted to see if I could get another chance to express myself to Mrs Jay. Upon arrival at the ward I was told she was transferred to a private ward away from visitors and no one is allowed to see her until she was discharged. hmm... without any battle of words I left to get my aunt's car back home. I opened the door to the driver's seat, stood there for about ten minutes looking creating images of how life would look like without Alice. I was about to go in when I saw blood flowing from my forehead. Great God! I now have a scar on the left side of my forehead...

to be continued...
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